Curtain fixture



Aug. 20, 1935. R. JOHNSON 2,011,815

CURTAIN FIXTURE Filed Aug. 19, 1955 Cil Patented Aug. 20, 1935 yiJTTiJD STATES PATENT ori-*ics Y CURTAIN FIXTURE Lillian Reebie JohnsonQChicago, Ill. Application August i9, 1933, serial No. 685,868 2 Claims. (01.156-21) The present invention has to do with a curtain fixture and relatesparticularly toan improved means for suspending a `drape or curtain.

One object of the present invention is the provision of-a new and improved device for attaching a curtain to a rodor pole, and other objects include novel and better fixtures yfor -thelhanging of curtains or drapes. l 1

These objects, and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, are obtained by the unique construction, improved combination, and novel arrangement of the severaly elements which constitute the invention, several forms of whichfare shown in the accompanying single sheet of drawing. hereby made apart of this specification, and'in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a curtain and support therefor showing one manner in which the improved iixtures forming the subject matter of the present invention may be employed;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure l;

Figures 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E, and 3F are elevations of different curtain eyes or fixtures which may be used with the other fixtures illustrated and described in this application;

Figures 4A, 4B, and 4C are. side elevations of curtain ring fixtures of different lengths for use upon a curtain rod and in association with the eyes shown in the drawing;

Figures 4D and 4E are elevations of other curtain ring fixtures which may be employed;

Figure 4F is an end View of the curtain ring illustrated in Figure 4E; and

Figure 4G is a perspective of still another ring fixture suitable for use with the eyes illustrated in the drawing.

Like reference characters are used to indicate the same parts in the drawing and in the description of the invention which follows.

Reference first should be had to Figures 1 and 2. Upon a suitable window frame, there may be disposed a curtain rod lli supported at its ends by brackets Il. If necessary, an intermediate bracket (not shown) may be employed. Fixtures for use in the rod and to be described may be initially disposed on the rod in suitable number. Thereafter the brackets l l may permanently grip the rod l without need of detachment therefrom either for securing or removing curtains or for assembling the various other articles which may be used in conjunction with such xtures.

A curtain is designated by the numeral I 2. Plaits or folds i3 are shown therein.

At spaced intervals upon the curtain corr@- sponding to the plaits and used for forming such plaits are iixtures l5. Specimens of forms of such fixtures are found in Figures 3A to BF.- Such curtain xtures are attached to the curtain by sewing, as shown in Figure l2, or in any other suitable'manner. Each of the curtain fixtures in the group shown in Figures 3A to 3F hasan offset section I6 which is free from contact with the 'material of the curtain. Section l provides an leye for attaching the curtain to a ring later to be described.

Of the six members l shown, l5a, i511, and I5c have two loops for the thread which is used for maintaining the fixture on the curtain. Each of xtures I5a, I5b, and |50 differ from the others lby the bending of the wire of which formed and whereby thev loops are positioned, as for example, pointed inwardly, or outwardly, or formed with an overlapping cross bar, respectively. f The other three members, ld, ltie, and Ef, comprise an eye portion and an extension depending therebelow for engaging a larger surface of the curtain. Forni Nid is without loop or loops for thread; form I5e has laterally disposed loops for receiving thread, and form liif has side loops and a bottom loop for such thread. Figures 4A to 4F are used to illustrate a number of curtain rings. These are designated lla, Hb, llc, I'ld, Ile and I'lf. Two views of form lle are shown. The forms indicated Ha, Hb, and Mc, are of spring wire and differ one from another in the length of the wire, the. ends of the wire forming Ila not overlapping, two complete turns being used in respect to l'lb, and the ends of the wire overlapping materially in respect tc llc.

Form Hd illustrates a member flat spirally wound rather than l'ielically. Variations of such form may be had in respect to the length of the wire employed. The wire may be arranged to comprise not quite two full turns, to equal two turns or to be greater than two turns. Form lld is illustrated in side elevation and inV end elevation. It includes at its outer end a cross piece 2IJ which may be integral with the body of the ring. The cross piece 2E) provides a transverse support for an eye l5 as is shown. A still different form of ring is shown in form Hf, Fig. 4G. In such form, a narrow flat band of steel is employed. Pointed ends may be used instead of rounded or ball ends shown. Flanged ends are also useful. Like the preceding forms of rod fixtures, the bands may be less than two complete turns, two complete turns, or over two turns, All of the ring iixtures Il may be altered so that they are elliptical in form instead or round Without reducing their efficiency.

As previously stated, the rod fixtures illustrated in Figure 4 are disposed on a curtain rod l!! before such rod is fastened in the brackets I I. The number of curtain fixtures I5 used with curtain I2 is vthe same as the number of rod fixtures Il on rod I0. When it is desired to hang a curtain, fixtures I5 first are sewed or otherwise attached to the curtain after which such curtain is lifted into position. One after another the rod fixtures, as they register with the offset section IS of the Vcurtain fixture are rotated until the material of the V*rod xture either has passed fully through the curtain fixture except as to fixture I'Ie. Fixture I'Ie corrects rotation at cross bar 20. To detach a curtain, the process is reversed, the threading of the rod fixture relatively to the curtain fixture being in the opposite direction. The knobs in form I'lf prevent accidental displacement and avoid sharp points.

In Figure 2, a closed ring I8 of small size is illustrated. It is used with a curtain draw cord. When a draw cord I9 is employed, one or more of rings I8 are threaded onto the selected rod fixtures I 1. Thereafter, one flight of the draw cord I9 is tied to each ring I8 in the manner shown in Figure 1. able to draw the curtain from one side to the other and back again in a conventional manner. The ring I8 generally Works upwardly to the top of a rod xture I'l and remains so positioned without any special equipment for maintaining it in such position. l

A curtain hung in the manner indicated .is readily removed for cleaning or for any other The cord I9 then is availv purpose and cannot become detached from the rod as so frequently now occurs with conventional fixtures. The attachment and removal of the curtain is made a simple matter and may be accomplished with expedition equal to that of any of the conventional fixtures of the present time. None of the latter so firmly secure the curtain in position or hold the top of the curtain above the rod level as the present fixtures may be employed to do. Such arrangement does away with the pinning of curtains. No long pins of any sort are required, hence the source of greatest damage to curtains is eliminated. A curtain hung by the described method is more securely supported than is possible with pins.

What is claimed as new and is desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States V1. For hanging a curtain on a rod, a spiral ring about the rod and rotatable thereon, and an eye member,I the latter having a body attached to the side of the curtain and away from its top edge and an inverted U-shaped section also removed from the top edge of the curtain for engagement by said ring,` and the ring when rotated about said rod being threadable into said eye member to provide a joinder therebetween. 2. The combination of a member attachable to a curtain and having an'eye therein removed from the top of such curtain and offset from the face thereof, and afc'ontinuous spiral member adapted to be coiled about a rod and rotatable thereabout for threading into said eye for supporting such curtain.

LILLIAN REEBIE JOHNSON. 

